Not one, but two exploding stars are currently visible to the naked eye in the southern night sky, a cosmic coincidence that’s “exceedingly rare” and may soon vanish from view
Not one, but two exploding stars are currently visible to the naked eye in the southern night sky, a cosmic coincidence that’s “exceedingly rare” and may soon vanish from view
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Since launching in 2023, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission, or TEMPO, has been measuring the quality of
The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests. Clays
There is no better excuse to travel than to see a total solar eclipse, and the next one happens on Aug. 12, 2026. Although a total solar eclipse is an
WASHINGTON — Congress approved a budget reconciliation bill that includes nearly $10 billion for NASA human spaceflight programs and could also lead to the transfer of a space shuttle to
Envelope H2O mass fraction as a function of semi-major axis. The same dataset as in Figure 1 is shown. The left panel shows planets that predominantly formed inside the water
Schematic of the layered systems: CO2 deposited on (a) bare gold (Au), (b) water ice on gold, (c) a silicate film on gold, and (d) ice on a silicate film
Major steps in the disk detection process on two cubes: (far left) an unaltered cube; (center left) edge pixels identified using Canny edge detection – some pixels along terrain boundaries
Save $200 this Amazon Prime Day on the Celestron NexStar 8SE. This telescope appears in several of our guides, ranking as the best overall telescope for seeing the planets as
On July 4, 2006, NASA’s space shuttle Discovery launched on a “return to flight” mission that paved the way for it and its sister ships to fly for another five